MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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